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-rwxr-xr-xcontrib/signet/getcoins.py36
1 files changed, 31 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/contrib/signet/getcoins.py b/contrib/signet/getcoins.py
index 691f0bb1b6..c50c2cc16a 100755
--- a/contrib/signet/getcoins.py
+++ b/contrib/signet/getcoins.py
@@ -5,21 +5,36 @@
import argparse
import subprocess
-import requests
import sys
+import requests
+
+DEFAULT_GLOBAL_FAUCET = 'https://signetfaucet.com/claim'
+GLOBAL_FIRST_BLOCK_HASH = '00000086d6b2636cb2a392d45edc4ec544a10024d30141c9adf4bfd9de533b53'
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Script to get coins from a faucet.', epilog='You may need to start with double-dash (--) when providing bitcoin-cli arguments.')
parser.add_argument('-c', '--cmd', dest='cmd', default='bitcoin-cli', help='bitcoin-cli command to use')
-parser.add_argument('-f', '--faucet', dest='faucet', default='https://signetfaucet.com/claim', help='URL of the faucet')
+parser.add_argument('-f', '--faucet', dest='faucet', default=DEFAULT_GLOBAL_FAUCET, help='URL of the faucet')
parser.add_argument('-a', '--addr', dest='addr', default='', help='Bitcoin address to which the faucet should send')
parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', dest='password', default='', help='Faucet password, if any')
parser.add_argument('bitcoin_cli_args', nargs='*', help='Arguments to pass on to bitcoin-cli (default: -signet)')
args = parser.parse_args()
+if args.bitcoin_cli_args == []:
+ args.bitcoin_cli_args = ['-signet']
+
+if args.faucet.lower() == DEFAULT_GLOBAL_FAUCET:
+ # Get the hash of the block at height 1 of the currently active signet chain
+ try:
+ curr_signet_hash = subprocess.check_output([args.cmd] + args.bitcoin_cli_args + ['getblockhash', '1']).strip().decode()
+ except FileNotFoundError:
+ print('The binary', args.cmd, 'could not be found.')
+ exit()
+ if curr_signet_hash != GLOBAL_FIRST_BLOCK_HASH:
+ print('The global faucet cannot be used with a custom Signet network. Please use the global signet or setup your custom faucet to use this functionality.\n')
+ exit()
+
if args.addr == '':
- if args.bitcoin_cli_args == []:
- args.bitcoin_cli_args = ['-signet']
# get address for receiving coins
try:
args.addr = subprocess.check_output([args.cmd] + args.bitcoin_cli_args + ['getnewaddress', 'faucet', 'bech32']).strip()
@@ -33,4 +48,15 @@ try:
except:
print('Unexpected error when contacting faucet:', sys.exc_info()[0])
exit()
-print(res.text)
+
+# Display the output as per the returned status code
+if res:
+ # When the return code is in between 200 and 400 i.e. successful
+ print(res.text)
+elif res.status_code == 404:
+ print('The specified faucet URL does not exist. Please check for any server issues/typo.')
+elif res.status_code == 429:
+ print('The script does not allow for repeated transactions as the global faucet is rate-limitied to 1 request/IP/day. You can access the faucet website to get more coins manually')
+else:
+ print(f'Returned Error Code {res.status_code}\n{res.text}\n')
+ print('Please check the provided arguments for their validity and/or any possible typo.')